i would particularly point out for special accommodation ambassador johnny carson and susan rice, particularly saddened by personal attacks against ambassador raised seer over the last couple weeks over issues related to the congo. it has been fully activated and some people see blood in the water, but knowing john and susan for the past 16 years i can tell you from personal experience that worked tirelessly for peace. reasonable people can disagree over type takes and strategies and it's in that spirit i deliver my testimony today. i'm going to focus remarks and issues related to the congolese peace process and division of labor marks the colleagues at the table. throughout the latest congolese conflagration in previous cycles of conflict, the root causes of war have not been addressed. leaving these peace processes to focus on flimsy power-sharing deals and arrangements that have undermined the sovereignty of the congolese state and professionalism in a trilogy of its armed forces. this in turn has left the civil population of eastern congo subjected to globally unparalleled violence, predat